Potatoes are a rewarding crop that will give you a high yield as long as you provide them with the right growing conditions. Once planted, they need minimal tending until harvest time. Best of all, ...

Growing vegetables, flowers, and herbs in a raised garden bed is a handy solution if you have poor soil or drainage problems, and it allows you to start planting earlier in spring. But how deep should ...

Raised garden beds are popular, and a quick look at pictures online will yield more images of lush green plants overflowing the bed walls than you can scroll through. But what can you plant in a ...

We’re blessed with temperate weather in the Pacific Northwest that’s great for gardening … if only we could get a spade into our soil. That’s the rub. Many of us have yards with terrible soil — ...

Though not on the menu at the first Thanksgiving, sweet potatoes have certainly become part of our American Thanksgiving tradition. Whether served mashed, roasted, as pie filling or candied with ...

You don’t need a sprawling lawn to be a gardener. Any outdoor space — be it a balcony or small patch of grass — can be home to a raised garden bed. Though useful for all gardeners, they’re especially ...

Sweet potatoes are a great substitute for white potatoes in your diet. Many people can't, or shouldn't, eat white potatoes. White potatoes contain small amounts of solanine, a naturally occurring ...

When considering dimensions for a raised bed, planting depth is essential. Determining how deep a raised garden bed should be depends on what you're growing and your preferences. Before you build a ...